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MicroRNA-7 protects against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced cell death by targeting RelA.

ABSTRACT: Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Mitochondrial complex I impairment in PD is modeled in vitro by the susceptibility of dopaminergic neurons to the complex I inhibitor 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+). In the present study, we demonstrate that microRNA-7 (miR-7), which is expressed in tyrosine hydroxylase-positive nigral neurons in mice and humans, protects cells from MPP+-induced toxicity in dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells, differentiated human neural progenitor ReNcell VM cells, and primary mouse neurons. RelA, a component of nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B), was identified to be downregulated by miR-7 using quantitative proteomic analysis. Through a series of validation experiments, it was confirmed that RelA mRNA is a target of miR-7 and is required for cell death following MPP+ exposure. Further, RelA mediates MPP+-induced suppression of NF-?B activity, which is essential for MPP+-induced cell death. Accordingly, the protective effect of miR-7 is exerted through relieving NF-?B suppression by reducing RelA expression. These findings provide a novel mechanism by which NF-?B suppression, rather than activation, underlies the cell death mechanism following MPP+ toxicity, have implications for the pathogenesis of PD, and suggest miR-7 as a therapeutic target for this disease.

SUBMITTER: Choi DC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4166159 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA-7 protects against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced cell death by targeting RelA.

Choi Doo Chul DC Chae Yoon-Jee YJ Kabaria Savan S Chaudhuri Amrita Datta AD Jain Mohit Raja MR Li Hong H Mouradian M Maral MM Junn Eunsung E

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20140901 38

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Mitochondrial complex I impairment in PD is modeled in vitro by the susceptibility of dopaminergic neurons to the complex I inhibitor 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+). In the present study, we demonstrate that microRNA-7 (miR-7), which is expressed in tyrosine hydroxylase-positive nigral neurons in mice and humans, protects cells from MPP+-induced toxicity in dopaminergic SH-SY5Y ...[more]

PMID: 25232110

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MicroRNA-7 protects against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced cell death by targeting RelA.

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MicroRNA-7 protects against 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced cell death by targeting RelA.

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